Talk:Mona Lisa

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  • Aesthetics section: "The Mona Lisa set the standard for all future portraits." — back up this assertion with facts and references.
  • History section:
    • Where was the painting hidden during the Franco-Prussian War?
  • Popular culture section: more info needed.
    • There are more songs named "Mona Lisa" by popular artists out there. (Indigo Girls; David Allen Coe; ?)
    • Also, Da Vinci Code is a book, not a song as would be thought
    • In one of the Wayside School Books by Louis Sachar is metions that one of the kid's father guards the Mona Lisa.
  • Restructuring:
    • Possibly turn the long bulleted list in the pop culture section into continuous prose.
      • Did that. Paranoid 12:52, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • There are many possible book sources for this article; let's use a couple to give extra credibility to this article so it can be featured.
  • Possible additional images: see this discussion.
  • Add information about the new Mona Lisa voice simulation.
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[edit] Postwar damage

The article currently states,

In 1956, the lower part of the painting was severely damaged when someone doused it with acid. On December 30 of that same year, Ugo Ungaza Villegas, a young Bolivian, damaged the painting by throwing a rock at it.

Can anyone perhaps elaborate on this? I mean, the dousing of the painting with acid is reported as though this is a normal thing to be done to a masterpiece and so nothing further needs to be said about it. Did someone just stroll into the Louvre with a beaker of acid and throw it onto the painting? I'd be interested to know the circumstances of this event, in particular why this was done and how it was allowed to happen. Who did it? What was the motivation? How was it repaired? etc. etc. --Todeswalzer|Talk 16:23, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Even today, anyone can easily stroll into the Louvre with acid. In 1956 most paintings were barely protected at all. Paul B 16:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference 7 in NOT correct

^ CNN. (2006, September 26). The Mona Lisa studied in 3D Retrieved on September 25, 2006.

does not point to the existing page. --Gorn 16:34, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mona Lisa's line of sight

"The painting, a half-length portrait, depicts a woman whose gaze meets the viewer's with an expression often described as enigmatic."

  • Really??? It doesn't seem that way to me at all. Her gaze doesn't quite meet yours, she's looking slightly to your right. Palefire 11:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
She's looking straight out towards the viewer, but her head is slightly turned to the left, so her eyes are slightly to the right in her head in order to stare out at the viewer. Paul B 12:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] place and date of Monna Lisa's death

[read this]. Bouncey2k from it wiki. 01:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weasel words in intro

I changed the intro. It wasn't neutral. Saying arguabley is a weasel word Weasel words are against wikipedia policy Gottoupload

I'm glad to see no one reverted me. Wikipedia is getting better Gottoupload

[edit] Mona Lisa in the Pinocchio attraction

She has a moustache painted on her, so she bears a more close resemblance to Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. either way there is not much to subtantiate either claim. Should it be removed altogether? mice 03:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Theft

In the theft section, Picasso is said to have been questioned for stealing the Mona Lisa. Is this just vandalism or was he really questioned? Someone more knowledgeable please look into this — Lost(talk) 19:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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